Sentences with phrase «companies at the behest»

Musk dramatically deleted the Facebook pages of his Tesla and SpaceX companies at the behest of his followers.

... while you're ahead» is one nugget of conventional wisdom that few CEOs appear to heed, at least judging by the number of executives who have left companies at the behest of shareholders — or, worse, regulators.

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Their most famous ad showed Tim (now the company's CEO) submitting to a run through the car wash to test a Columbia parka, at his mother's behest.

The company reintroduced the drink at the behest of The Surge Movement, a Millennial - led online fan base that had spent years lobbying for its return.

«Design is one of the great leveraging tools companies have at their behest — and it's not just furniture,» says Barry Svigals of Svigals + Partners in New Haven, Conn..

The company's commitment to free expression was also questioned after it removed content at the behest of the Iranian government.

At the behest of the board, the executive chairman James R. Moffett stepped down at the end of 2015, and the company's next moves are uncertaiAt the behest of the board, the executive chairman James R. Moffett stepped down at the end of 2015, and the company's next moves are uncertaiat the end of 2015, and the company's next moves are uncertain.

Instead of acting on these findings, the company opted to bury them, and ultimately, Dinesh Thakur, the executive who, at the behest of his boss, had uncovered the deception, left the company.

But Corbat is a thoughtful executive, and the exercise in outlining how the bank could be wound down speedily in the event of distress — conducted at the behest of regulators — will also have revealed mechanisms that could be used to break the company up.

I hate this job,» and demanding that she consider the fact that she could, but for the grace of mighty Pazuzu, be starving in a gutter in Delhi, or quivering behind a pistol in an Argentinean barrio, or sat in a factory in Pakistan stitching panel to shiny panel at the behest of a multi-national sporting equipment company who shall remain nameless.

In addition, the company won't pay state corporate taxes because the state Legislature, at Cuomo's behest last year, eliminated corporate taxes on manufacturers.

Prosecutors allege Kruger introduced legislation delaying the effective date of an expansion in the state's bottle return law at the behest of Lipsky and several beverage companies who employed him.

And at UC's behest, USPTO declared a patent «interference» on 11 January 2016, which triggered an expensive, contentious fight that the companies are financing.

He's come to the vast eponymous estate at the behest of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to assess the psychological state of the heiress (Helen Mirren), whose ongoing pet project — and her habit of roaming the twisting halls at all hours and in all black, like an apparition herself — has left the board concerned about her well - being, or perhaps just salivating at the opportunity to wrest away her 50 - percent stake in the cCompany to assess the psychological state of the heiress (Helen Mirren), whose ongoing pet project — and her habit of roaming the twisting halls at all hours and in all black, like an apparition herself — has left the board concerned about her well - being, or perhaps just salivating at the opportunity to wrest away her 50 - percent stake in the companycompany.

You may think it refers to a tasty sandwich with bacon, lettuce, and tomato, but Swedish supercar company Koenigsegg has applied the name «BLT» to a new customized Agera R at the behest of a customer.

Therefore, at the behest of the Rollins, Henry Tippie maintained the dual role of Chairman of the Company and voting trustee of RMT Trust and was able to single - handedly determine the outcome of any and all shareholder votes.

The companies only modified their anti-consumer behaviour at the CRTC's aggressive behest, she said.

While some of Hulu's moves — keeping its content out of the living room by blocking Boxee, taking down back episodes of shows — are clearly at the behest of the content companies who control the company, this one seems different.

SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica (CA), says it came to southeast Asia's most populous nation at the behest of «pro-democratic groups» to «assist with a national campaign of political reform and democratization.»

Earlier this month, as the inauguration of President Trump loomed, the Commission was already signalling public concern about the U.S.» response to questions it sent following the Yahoo email scanning scandal — after news broke last fall the company had built a custom scanning tool at the behest of U.S. intelligence agencies to enable real - time keyword scanning of the incoming email of all Yahoo users.

Actually, Roost recommends hiring an electrician even if you're just replacing a hardwired alarm, but I suspect that caution is at the behest of the company's attorneys.